Windows 7 beta - 9th January

[damned]

Mine keeps defaulting to the Windows 7 home page also.

 

[ants83]

running 7 tabs and nothing for one hour

 

[TheVoice]

Thanks for that little guide A[L]C, very helpful indeed.

 

[[timko]]

running 7 tabs and nothing for one hour

4 tabs here nothing for 2hrs. Those that have been able to pull a key after minutes need a good kicking

 

[lumpeh]

i think they've now removed the key page we are refreshing for because from time to time i'm getting a 'is this the page you were searching for?' page atm.

 

[RockLobster]

Got around 40 tabs here lol and two pcs in work with 10 tabs each.

 

[Camalot]

Where are you all downloading the beta from?

The link i used wont get past 11% anymore, hmmmm

 

[wiiija]

Worked for me, I got both keys in about an hour

 

[hegemon]

i think they've now removed the key page we are refreshing for because from time to time i'm getting a 'is this the page you were searching for?' page atm.

Incorrect. You are getting the search page as this is the default if a page is unavailable at the time, which is happening intermittently due to the load.

 

[fail at the internets]

Had 11 tabs running for 2 hours now and still nothing

 

[Larkspeed]

Everytime i paste that link in firefox it just sends me to the windows 7 homepage, even if i clear cookies etc.. anyone have any ideas?

been said many times in this thread you need to login with your live ID if you don't you will get redirected

 

[Larkspeed]

Had 11 tabs running for 2 hours now and still nothing

I have been going since 8 this morning and so far nothing here either so you are not alone

 

[buy_my_cookies]

Worked for me, I got both keys in about an hour

? is there 2 keys that you need then?

because i only have the one

 

[Jabbs]

I am dual booting in vista and this with no issues at all so far, i am using my key i got for 64 in 32 bit so they work in both versions.

 

[Ade74]

i think they've now removed the key page we are refreshing for because from time to time i'm getting a 'is this the page you were searching for?' page atm.

More likely there are now 1000's of people with 10+ tabs open refresfing every 3 seconds using check4change, which is causing some congestion on the servers.

 

[ja3h]

I have got one key so far - if I get another i'll donate it to Larkspeed..

I've got 17 tabs open since 12 and nothing so far. When i got my first key it was in a matter or minutes! Hmmm...

Would it be possible to put windows 7 onto a usb stick and install it that way?

 

[lumpeh]

lol will keep going then!

 

[Shadows1990]

I have got one key so far - if I get another i'll donate it to Larkspeed..

I've got 17 tabs open since 12 and nothing so far. When i got my first key it was in a matter or minutes! Hmmm...

Would it be possible to put windows 7 onto a usb stick and install it that way?

It should, in theory, work.
There are plenty of guides on how to install Windows Vista, XP and Windows 7 onto a USB stick.

 

[Ade74]

I have got one key so far - if I get another i'll donate it to Larkspeed..

I've got 17 tabs open since 12 and nothing so far. When i got my first key it was in a matter or minutes! Hmmm...

Would it be possible to put windows 7 onto a usb stick and install it that way?

have you logged in with a different live or msn account as otherwise you just get the same key

 

[Jabbs]

Everytime i paste that link in firefox it just sends me to the windows 7 homepage, even if i clear cookies etc.. anyone have any ideas?

Its because you are not logged in the link below, you have to log in using your hotmail/msn account then when you try it won't send you to the windows 7 page, it says sign in at the top right.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.aspx